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- nor4s can make it. I ask the Secretary to read the first article, 9tjn section, and the 4latuse next to the 1at, " No money sbal be-afrawn frAJitbe Treasury, but in'ceusequence of appropri ations made by law; and a regular state meut and account of the receipts & expen .diures of all -public money shall to pub lshed from time tiune." How clmarl How explicit! No money to be drawn from the Treasury but in con sequence.mof hpprop.iations made by 'law; that is, the.object on which the expenditure .is to be mside, to be designated by law, and the sut ftlouct to Offect it, sperified, and yet we have lived In tie daily and habitunal vi alation of this great fundamental provision frorn almost the beginning of our political ex'htence to this day. Behold the conse rqiuences! -'It has prostrated and engnlphed the very institutious. whicti have enjoyed this illicit fatvor, an) tainted, zjllove all other causes, the morals and politics of the whole country. Yes, to this must be trac ed, asone of the minn causes, the whole system of excessive re% enue, excessive ex penditure. and excessive surplusses; and to then, especially the ihst, the disastrous overthrow of the banks and the currency, and) the unexailmiled degeneracy of' public and private morals, which have fullowet. We have suffered the affliction, mnay thet biessing which follows chastisement, when its jusiness is confessed, come in due season. But I take a slill higher ground. I strike at tile rout of the mnischmief. I deny the right of this Governm tnt to treat bank notes as money in its fiscal transactions. On this great question, I never have befinro commit ted miyself. though not generally disposed to aibstain from forining or expresing opini iorns. In all instanevs, in which a natiornal Bank has come in question. I have inva riably taken my ground. that if the Gov ernment has the right to receive and tret bank notes as money. it hadil tie right. and was boumnid under the constitution, to regu late them so as ito make then unifonrtn and stable as a currency. The reaszons for this opinion are ob ions, and have benn so often amid fully expressel on formier Occasonms, that it would he useless to repeat them now; but I never examined fully the right of re ceiving, or made tll my minid on it, till since the catrastrophe in May last. which, as I have said, entirely seperatecd the Gov ernnetnt from tine ianks. Previotns to that poriod, it was an abstract question, with no practical hearings; as mutach so as is now the constitutional right of admitting Louis anna into ilnhe- Uinin, Thiings are now alter ed. The connection is disolved ; and it has becomea practical question ofthe first tag inimne. Thle mover of tine substitute assumed as a postukite, that this Governmen hnd a right to received in its dues. whatever it night think proper. I deny the position in toto. It is one that ongtht not to ie assumed, amnd cannot he assnied, and cannot ie proved. and which is oppised by powerfli objee tionms, The genius of our constitution is opposei ti time assnumiption of* power. Whatever power it gives is expressly grant ed: and if proof were wanted, the imnerous grants of powers far more obvions and ap parent nieh niore safe to be assumied tian tine one in gnestinOn, wol allord it. I shall cite a few stiking instances. f any, powvrs m ihtge1 assumed, one pay tine deits of the GIoverninnetnt, and hor rowing it to carry oni its operat'ons would ie amnonig them;-yethot h amre expreasly provi ded for by tie Conititution. Agaitn to Con gress is granted tie powcr to declare war and raise armies aind navies; yet the pow er to grant leters of m1arquemr and reprisal and to make rules for- tihe regulation of the Arumy amd Navy are not left tf asstumption, as obviouis as thiey are. hat are given by ex press grmnt. With tiese and other instances nnot lnss strikinmg, which tm ight Ine addw~jh a hohnil step to naan)e w.i1tliit fioathme fair -.et~ss~pls 'uffrier of the Goivernmentre (:Ltymg~ whamtever it pileases in its dntes as tmoiney. Sneh an aissumpi jt ion wo(nhi ibe in dliret conflict wi:h Im he great pnrinciples wichi t State R ithnts parmty, with wh vichm thne Semnator 4 lr . iti vi) elaisses hi imseif, laen eer adopnlt ed in the contrunct in o nf mte Cnstitution. Bimt, ifI tine fonriei' caunnot hec anssumedn, it wonli bei i vaini ton attempt to pronve thati it hans beenm granted, or that it is niecewary atmi pnroper ton carry ainy oft time gramnie po 1nwers into e'll'et. Non snehi it.. temp [t hias hne en miade, tour can he, withn sne ces. On tihe cmnra ~rv, themrne are strn obhj:citis to the poiwer," whichi, ini mynopil ion e.nmnmnt be sunrmnontedl. 1 fonem admmitted, it wontii leah by conise quenice tom a necem'sirV nter'nferencme withn ini dividl and S tate 'onicer'ns never contem platedi by then Connsm tmit um. Let ins, finn inlstanle,' siu~ppose? tha~mt. aictimnC on tine as sunmtionn of tine Senartor, the. Governmaenit shoumld choose to seie tilnacco as an arti ele to bec received in paymenat of' its dines, wvbichn wonhin be as well' ent itled tin it as any oilmen- pnrndnet, amhdi in which theim Semnatnr's conistitumen ts aire so inh nn'nniere'stedu. Doues ine nont see thle conisegnhtennces ! in ordier tin make its tanxns nunifonrnm, wh iichi it is bnotund to) do by the Connstituntion, amid whiiebm cannmn be dommne utniess tine noedi inm inn whmichn it is panid is so, tihe Governmecnt woulid have to ansume an generad conitroil over tine great stalint qmnestron ; ton reguilate tine we-ighnt iof thne bomgshiead or packa';.ge; to estabil ishn inispections inudeir its own ollicer iminnorder' tin deernmne thme qtuality, andl whatever else miighnt bei necessary to mrake the payments into tine Treasury'tnnifornm. Sun likewise, if tine stili greater strapie, cottn, hec seleeted. Tine weight of' tine hurle, thn qtuality of tine cotton, amd its inspetionn, wvould aill nieces satily fail under them 'otntrol (if the Gonvernm ment ; andi dloes inot tine Senantor see that the exercise onf a power that omust leadi to sueh consqegnees-conlsenecnces so far bneyonid tine sphere assignedm to this Governmeni'nt by the Connstituion, mtnst hne uncotnstitutional Nonr does time objectioan extendi onily to tihese andli other staple articles. It "ppilies witih egtnal, if not gr'mter f'orc', to rceivingf tihe notes of Statie hinrks, an' propnwdi hny tihe sutbstitunte, in the tine's of' time Gnvernmecnt anti time nimng- mtii t of its fiscatl concerns. It must invmnive rthe Go vernmernt in tine neessity otrconntroinimg andim reginht inrg Mtate bnaniks, as this subhstiturte abnant tly pnroves, a well am thi. whole history oif nnr co'nnnee tioni wih thm'tn andl it hnas hint shin tt n bnanks are, ant least, as fan' nrmonve" fronnm tihe contr l' f this Ginvmernm retit ais the enitiva. tors of tine soil, or any owher claiss of' citi zens. Tio this I mmighmt addhn anothenr obje~c ein. not lessstrong. tht for the GJovermnent to rcqivo Qanl treat bAk notes as transy i in its dues, would be in direct conflict, in 1 its effect, with the% important pover con ferred expressly on Congress of coining mflney and regulating the value. thereof: but as this will come in with more propriety in answer to an argument advanced by the Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. Web ster,) I shall now state his argurnent and Tol y to it. He asserted again and again, both now and at the extra scssion, that it is the duty of the Government not only to regulatebut to furnish a sound currency. Indeed it is the principle argument relied on by the Senator in the opposition to the bill, which he says abandons this great duty. Now, if by currency be meant gold and silver coins, there will be but little diifference be tween him and myself. To that extent tie Government has a clear and unquestiona ble right by exprcss grant; bnt if he goes farther, and intends to assert that the Gov ernment has the right to make bank notes a currency, which it is bound to regulate, then his proposition is identical in efreet, though diffierently expressed, with that of the Sehator from V imi-nia, (Mr. Itives,) and all the arguments I have urged against it are egually applicable to his. I hold, on my part, that the power of.the Governnent on this subject is limited to coining mioney and regulating its value, andt) pulishing the counterfeiting of the public coins; 1Iat is. of the coins made eurrent by law, the only money known to the Coinstitition. It is time to make a distinction between money, (or currency, if you ilease-bCtween that which will legally pay delts, and mere cir culation, which has its value from its prom ise to be paid in thet fortnert and uncler which classification, bank notes as Iwell as bills or promisory notes of individuals, fall. Those are all in their nature private and local, and cannot be eievated to the level of currency, or money, in the fiseal tanlsne tions of the Goversnment, wit hout comngo into conict, more or less, with the oljert of the Constitution in vesting the very p'ow er in Congress, which I shall now proceed to show. It will hardly be quIestioned, that the ob ject wn to fix a slantril in orler to furnish to the union I currency of uitform and stead y value, and was therefiore united in the sanie sentence with the relative Power, to fix the standarl of weiijhts and measures The olbjects ling similar. Now,if our ex perience has proved any thiung it lhts amply shown that so long ai the rioveriinment is connected with the banks, and their notes received in its transactions, as money. so long it is itmpossible to give any thing like stability to Ihe standard of value : and that the power of coining, annd regulating the coins, becomes in a great teastre a nere nullity. Every dollat issued in bank notes when it is made the substitute for money. dri ves out of circttbation more or less of the precious metals; and when tho issue be Coies exlorbitaut. gold and silver almtost entirely disappears, as our experience at this time proves. The elli-ies are atnalin gous to alloying or clipping the (cin, as far as stability of stanidard is concerned: atnh it wold be not less rational to f.uppose, that such a power otn the part of individuals, would lie consistent with a tuniform anl stable curreney, than to stuppios: the recciv ing and treatintg batnk notes as a subastitute for toney iv the Govertnent, would be. Iotheir propenshaure,~;cuciT__te in coin Mon with hills of exenange or other private and local paper, for the convenienee of hu siness and tirale. So far from snch a course operating injutriously on the people, or from being liable to the charge of forming one cirrency for the people and another fihr the Governnictt, as has beeni so often atil with snch effect repeatcd--it is the.yeqy reverse. II Goverinient by r'Ftsh.g-to receive halk tnotes,..as~itstind to do, wol in fact fu 'lid1lachioice to the people. to taike either money or tnotes at thiei r pleasure. The de. tmail of thte Governmenzt will always keep a piletntiftul suipply of thIe fortmer itt the cont try, so as to a llhrd thte peopile a choice, while the oppoliin woil expel the mioney I and leave no option to themc but to take banik notes or worse as at present. I have now shtown how~ it is proposed to formi thle league of bank ls.& ha:ve~ presenlteil< lhe constittutionai iimipedimiets thatt stand ini the way. These areO tnumetcronis awl < stronig;so mn th s'o. that~t they ought to be iaresistible with aill. except th Itaktittintous itt construction ; bitt Ii int expect t hey wlliprodnete t hr ir full efleet. I kntow too wsell the force of lon;g en terta.inted implres sions, however erront(Ions, to lbe satnginte; I kinecw how sttong theL tiiti rebels against I lie expulsioni of the old and thet admaissiont of new" oii'os. Yet, ini tist case, where, we cleariny see bow gradua slly andl tih-ti l error crept itt undiers thle dis!gnise of wordh., applied to tnew and totally dlifTerenit ideas, wjt ihont excitinig tnotice ot alam : .nd wthenhai I we have expterieniced sneh deepi disalsters in conisCegece ofi pating from the platin in- ( tent ari meaingt~ of the I 'onst Itnioni, I (enninot hut hope- liat all wh o bldieve thait ? the sucecess of the Govertnmenit dlepends ont a rigid adherence to thes Constittion, will1 lay aside aill previous imipressionis, taken tip< wvithsout reflection, atil give to the objee tions their dune weight. (TIo bee Continuecd.) rom, the Correspondencref fthe Charleston, ('ourijrr. Wasturo), Mdareb 7, The Stub-Tresstiry hill wais thlen takenti tip. the question being on the muotioni of Mr. ib:chanani to ptostponte this bill tintil niext session. A fter sonme few remiarks fromi Mr.t Calhoun, Mr. Webster. Mr. M.:hs is amd Mr. I Preston, the queistioni was tatken atnd det eided as follows: Y'eas.-Mossrs. hiayard, ltchianati, Clay oflKy., I Itayton, Critrtnden, Davis, Grundy&, I Knight, McKeani, Merrick, Prentiss, Pres.. 1 Sotuthiard, Spence. Su ift, ''Tlzmadge, Tip- . ton, Webster, White-23. Nays-Messrs, Allen, Benton, Brown, r Calhotnt, Clay of A ha..Cttthbhert, Futron, I l ibbaird, King of A la., Linni, I tmnlpkin, I L-yon, Morris, Nichoclas, Niles, Norvell, I Pierce, Roane, Robiiiinsonl, S!e'vier, Sithi of v Th'e question then reel rred on) the amniid-d meit off'ered by Mir. RIives, w hich was dliseiis .d. t Mr. P'restoin having mioved an amteiimtenit, -d prvdn thiat twentty-ftve baniks shahli e ti selecteid out of those whose- stocle, in wihole b Elr part, I i wned by the Stattes in whtich they C arrce mnntedna md whmr tio ...h enth are .. itunted, that the Srates shall- select the ntnks--alkup, that all notes of sound, solvent :anks be received by Government tip to a -ertaiu day, and afterwards, that the notes if specie payin. banks shall alone be re ived :--Further, that when the'deposites exceed the circulation, the -aorpluis shall he withdrawn in specie, and placed otn apecial Lieposite. Mr. Morris asked for the yeas aind iinys on, Mr. Preston's amendment. Mr. Rives said he had noohjection to one portion of the amendment, relating to the selection or banks in which the States hold Btock; but he objected to the other parts of the amendment. The amendment was discussed by several Senators. Sun3 TREASURY IN TIE SENATE..--OV Thursday a vote was taken otn an amend mtent proposed by Mr. Preston to the sub stituIc of Mr. Rives. The amendment re tttired the Secretary to give the preference, in solecting banks as depositories of the the public money to such banks as arc owned, in whole or in part, by the Statei im which they are situated. It was rejec ted by the illowing vote: YEa-As-MessrS. Bayarl, Clay, of Ky., Crittenden. Davis, Kniight. Merrick. Nicho Ins, Prentiss, Preston, Ifiveq, Robbins, Smith, of Iin., Sotitliard. Spence, Swift, Tallnadge, Tipton Webster,W Iitc-19. NAYs--Messrs. Allen, Benton, Biown, Bn'ehanan. Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Clayton Cuthbert, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Lina, Lumpkin. Lyon. McKean. Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Strange. Smith, of Coun, Trotter, Walker, Wall. Willams, Wright, Young-32. 0 From the Correspondeince of Ciarleston Mercur. WAsINTo-roN Marchs f. A painful report- agitates the City that General Vinfield Scott has been acciden tally shot lay one of his militia men. The ruimorA frot the Canada frontier are sa freqtently erroneous, that no confidence i, to ie placed in this. It is now quite cert ain that the whole Northern frontier is tran quiliized. The insurgents have been dis persed throigh the prompt and ctertetic menastres taken by Generals Scott, Brady, and14 Wool, and cal. Worthl. The Neutrality Bill, which hung hetweeti the two Houses, by a disagreeient as to an inendment of the Senate, was finally pas ed to-dav, aller a long debate. T'Ie Bali, as it passed. leaves the trade in aris, &c opnC, "by sea,' as heretofore. The House was occupied, after3o'clock, in a discussion of the motion heretofore niade by Mr. Thoinmpson, of South Carolina, for the re-consideration of the vote by which the louse passed the Bill for the relief of he heirs of Robert Fulton Mr. T. spoke, t some lengI Ih, ill so ppiort of his motion, ;and tI general delhntte ensuel. The tmaotioni "will iot prevail. lit the Senate, to-day. M r Rives present d a ititemorial from a publie mneeting held in Virgini.a onf the subject of ihe death of Jinathan Cilloty. Several incinorials of a sitilar t-enor were presented by other Sela fors. The Pension A ppropria:ion Bill waq passed. The Senate then took tup the Independent Treasury Bill, atnd Mr. Bavard -oncluded his reutiars in oppositioi to i %Ir. Morris followed in a speech partially IIIl IIPorting thia Bill. fo1~ r a UVlI C'a hat Mr. Calhoun will speak ntain, on the ,eteral subject, to-morrow or Monday. It is currently said to-day, that the fit leieiident Treasury Bill will pass the linse. That it will pass the ,'eiate is cer ain. It is sd that, if the Committee oil Ways and 'Meais had reported a Resolmtion lee-laring that it is expedient to sepeiate the loveronment from tne llank-4, it wolil have tieue crried by a major-ity of~e itte or e-igt. l'hae Subil-Treasury B ill, either ini the fiormn vhich it thas rec-eiv-ed frontmte Senate or 'rnt the hiotuse C~ommttittee, will, hos.5ever, is it is now helievedl, pass the hlouse by iwo 'ir three vtotes. But it wvill be a loij timae wefore the I Iouse will reach tihe fanal qutes ion, probabily not for twio mionths, TIhae Presidetit's drans ing room wals opeti ast night, for thle first time this season, fromi ighat till ele'ven o'clock. 'IThe rooms were-i cry t-Ieicow~ ded, bit here was mtor-e fir e-r t han lhas of late yer beeni nsual at the residemit's levees. Fromt the (hlueston Courier, March I2. Lyra From Na-:w YoRK.--'The splendid ew ste-amt ptaiket Nepttnne, ('apt. pen toyer, arrtived lherie otn Saittrday vmiorntin" ast, at seven o'cloack, fromt New'1.rk,hav tig til t hiat port on u ednaesdaty afternoon, it a qitairter pas foutr tt'clock, makhinug thet nat in less than siJrtq/-/irehours. The Nepj itae hats, th<. refore. maade a shorter trip by3 tie hour, thtan lhas ever before hi-en acct-etu .llihedl by steamt, (te 1 lotte haiti oni haerau tecondt pass" jt ont to this poti, rna it ,t 4 hourtts,) anid we bel ie-ve, as fier ats our re ollectioan serves, quticker thtan anoy oilier tiimmtunercicat ioni has ever- been made b'e wee-n New York and C har-lestt, fromtt vharf to wthatrf. The Neptunce wasdtetaiti 11i ait hour or two, h.- conlsequncetC of otto o ler pa~ssnter-s, ( -.. Booth, the clebiratetd ratgedian) hauvintgt::,rownt himnselfoverbotiard,. ati to wvas foartunati-ly resenaed fromt his ur'rilons sit uat ion tthrotgh ihe promai pintes% ond decision oft Capt. Pentnover-r Tlhe i. hiwing arc tie parttientlars oflIllis occturrence Iiebt, we are happy tol say, was not traigi al its resuilt. "'Mr. Buooth, the celehrated tracedian, at emrnpted to destroy himself while on his assage fromi New York to Charleston, atn er the following circumst.ances: Mr. B. vent on boardl the above packet, ini cotmpa ly with his friend, Mr. Flynn, the well tnowna Comted ian, otn Wednesdaty ev-ning it't, andt ont the passage showed evident ympitomnt of insanitv, butt beinig carefully vnehed by lisi atnxionis friend, hail no op outtmity oif oseaping his vigilant eye, andI ppeaired to improve gradually undrct M r. 'lynn's friendly caire, unttil the after-noon of 'riday last, thle Dilt inist. when 36 mtiles N. '. o Fry-int Patn Slthial, dturintg dlinner, ht'n Mr. Hootht exensed-i htimsaeir fronm the title, t ook advsantatge oif his friendl's abisenice nil oweredl himttse-If fromit the promnenadle ee-k, whicti attrac-ted the attention of the it-t. Capt. tPenniover, Mr. Flynnat, and te rest oft tie passentge-rs being ealled from inner endeavored to persaade himt toa ae arn, on hoardl, whetn he n0t only refusedl. at inmmenidiately plutnged into thte ocean. apt. Pennoyer instatly stopped the boat htieb was thien going a the rate oc e...e. miles an hour, nud by his prompt exegtions and-presence of mind, a safety buov wis. thrown over, and n saftliy boat immediate- I ly launehed. The gallant Caiptain took tho helm, and Mr. Booith. uhough then a half a I nuite from the boat, was rescuee from a watery grave."h The Neptine anticipated the express mail about thirty hours ; but the Iapers brought by'her-aud we receivi l copionsti files fromin ill the northern cities-coltained' no news of importance. There hod been no later European advices received. The Charleston Conrier states, that Booth, the tragedian now in that city, came very tcar killing Flynnt, another actor, wbile in bed, on Monday night the *12tI int. in a fit of detirimin: He broke a cast irni fir" .dog ovor his head, :a-l otlierwise .tvett-lv bruised him. Ilis wounds are not danger.nm, . 'rom the Charoston Anrrury. Several contradictory reports hai.vingi rcached us of late, of the cptuare .f : numim her of Indians by Geni. Jessttp, we take pleastire iii presentim to oir re:lers tihe following extract of a letter received in this City, fromn a sortiee eititled to credit, that they may learn the tr:e state of all'irs in Florida. INPIAN Rtivi-..a Pin. 11.1rch -2. "At preseit I here is ai quasi peace with tihe I nmdiantq. Ilostilitie4 have (ca'ed but how lotn- this state of tiingi. mttay coitinnIte. I cantinot con ierture. The-re are' said to be 5 or 600 lmmlininns;. (womimenm CrhidIren and warriorm.) at or ntar Gen. Jestip's Camp. at Jupiter Intel. with whomn he( wa-I- having -a talk. hIe coullbrence tnay or may inot terminate in their agreeing to abide tlie (e cision of the Presidttnt ;Is to remaining or remtoving WXest of tihe Nli'issiippi. Tihe proposition of Gen1. .eupi-4, that het will receominetid to the Presilent that the In dians ule pernit ed to remaii itn Florid;, bit if the Prsident refuises, theni the Ilm diam ist go. If the Iwelians a-ree to this prolposition, theit ihre is a prolability that the war may soon lie over. LATEST FROM FLOR:iA.-lly the straml - hoat Florida, arrived at Savamnah, fromu lack Creok. on Sisunday, the latest intelli gec frontm ei. .Jessip's iea'd mmimrter, near Juipiter liket, is to the Ist inistant ftroni which it pliears that there were etcatptled halfa mnile fmimi tie Gueneral's ptositiont, tl wards of 200 114mliansa, mer. women ad chilren. unler the chief Tus-ke-gee, a air ing some de-i-ion in reference' to thtiii, consequet on proloitions w hich they made in Fehruary. About one hundred and forty Indian tic grocs. wIho caie in with Ttuskegee's party left Fort Jupiter. timider anit escort on thte 1st Alarch, for Tampta Bay, forembarkatin to the West, and who, it i-1 .:ail, beloi mostlv to Indians who have already mi grated. It is fwtrther said that tbott thirty or fCtriy neroes :ire still ott, !o ithat nea'rv ;i! te btlacks havfe left the feh'l4l. hv ciptmirse or rtlrrentder. ;&tIm .Jtinmcs i" ndeerstiowl to ie about one hundred :ni tlft,. intes so4ui: th of For, Jiirtt't, 20tJ iuile., mmy) Shark 'im ofT Cape Sable. R u-:ors.-The v estern Georgina of hi 26th utinimm'ays: --It is rimm-ed ht'-r that G'reteral Charles 11. Nelson, sivS l illi ia a recent emgagetment it th in 1mtdian's. .bit' sing a Couneil of h+, countrymen. A fur ther report has reaceehdrim the C hero ke Agetncy, that Johnmi1 Rois'u, pritim'ilpal chief'of the Cherokces, lad Conttitt ted sii dide. Some of the New Vork parie;'; estimte tle number of lAioreri s utii of eimpiloicimen in tlttt cil, to bt., atae-t rt tho1s1i?.. 'Ilhe mtstreiss a montg this e'la:-s, is i worr kodmi of ismre"ss. It is g~eer::ly di'tress fhr luotd andtt r:-im it F"CO. liFR .NClE A N) E:N( LA.\I). chan. .-lTere hans not beitn m I'Leemua for si'veratl yeatr4 so deser.t'n'ive a lire ne~ thatr whtich omcurreid onttheii 10th .1 n:mnary. CTe l'uchanimge is etirely 'd ie'st roytdI 'Te lliatmes wer'e Ii rst dis'cive'red issuini frm'ima - Lolod'(cife hoise', itt abmliit h-ft ptI tenm by~ onem ofl the wamthmetn ofthlie hantk. Thie amlarm wats instaniitiy givent; btle bthre thme entitmes arrijved tihe ftametsi wert'ettom tmtitedmi to m le l'achange:'.ri. tf omtie lan'ed hettiiire wtiem'eri coni hem pi'iroure,an md raiity. Anoi themr it' ay iiccutrn''I-lef the gtes'u colt lie mup'.- iia et-ibl hu1e enim pities to et'erui the coutrt yardi ;lbut whent ant enmtrance('i waspai idI it wa<i too late t, avye thme buuilihnte. By mtidntight thle wi lhle edli firet wam- itt am bbi:., '-o ib:n ito' 'r':tions' itt thme firetme-nI ger' frm'i t le'. 'Ti'e'iconflagra tion wa,- vsille timr mih-is mmtadm it h than live hoiurs f'rom tiin- --ilaiio''rmu- etit of the lire then whliih- ''itti' was' ini rins. (hytm.y to te presence' oif~ themtjiitry, :mt lie giteeraI goodii minuet'r of th "rowil ft m'c tb'ita mvedat pil.e m .iiti.'now xi'--um. was utib'-i lni'he reimmmn. of' t'hles Ji l a utt 'sttit' of ir. lm To a irimhin 'he pm an i lietl'tcm' notinjured.l A u notwm t-hiaIag ist'lety talkied(e of. mi'iioem s~i Fille x. - m hlirn mt:t'ing ima ira rymmt thu ftluian'u Oean n.irm lim m ai was~. elcnsmd ty ~ire.tttm Te aberm~fl wa give o te tamte tinigts ;tu be otw thrndn bireulpa cnued. On li jmitrlle of thedicorwa ktumiiud'b a~u iiit tndeatiting troum elmcapen frtof thecfambi'rl. t An ilsurane had ,win-en tol'itur, rtt till amunt the'000 htinnesion thme'. t the tdt' mcontetls. mitle l puerirl wIma hof bSt.uv l'a s amu g.-Th ihum -i pemi paace, ori tew woir fm p liato the rnpetidroi wlis burnts' ttel tlro mu e t liethi'ipti of ecmer a 'tt, lie times w iebmi broke ont'' a tit. o'okat, nihmsit senl ine. Aete mminl- orm'thieialr m hm tta, us pero, ithiu his itry, wasm te teatryI' e. otl n the nytgevsmwaug It- s tirn e in tAl cileor to0 chek ihs e re roe or lest injured on this occnaion ; hut this accrount i6 probubly exaggerated. Some ialc of fie extent of this ciditiee may lie gathered from the Fact that 15.,600 persons havebeen accominttitdated in it. Several individtialst have c been arrested on suspicion of setting it onl fire. CANADIAN AFFAIRs.-The Englis;h pn pers are principally oecupied with the of fairs of Caada. ill tihe hmoverInenmts w hiebi have hirt 4ore filled our journais being copied entire-with very free remarks ispos tihe course of the people and the Govern !ment of the U. states. Both the French and1( tihe Euiglish journas seem to havo an ticipated that our people would friely ex pre-i their sympatty, but t hat our Govern n111,11t wvolm aet in good faith For the pireser vation of its neutralitv. The Proclatma tIm f G'v. Jeni.,o, 'af VeImaiont, seemed t) haive atlibrdei titmtm satijufacitiin, as a de iminstration tif' the pui.iic anthorities fin nteitr.ditv. The Arty preparations in Great Britaiit for the Canadas are - trv native. Ti Dandy Corps of Great Britain, tie Gudad ame coming over. It is tihe handsoumt's looking corpt, in the- world, time officers be ing all ofhigh familfies, amni ti men picked. The 1.4andont tiis says tihat inciting a.ll un'ler' aoriers't'mre tare .even thonisand rank mi1 ile. The Loadn pncket Samnpson. Capiain Sturgis. which sailed for i New York, has onl board Sir George Arthur, Governor of U. Canlad; ' witlh Lieut. West Arimr, Aides dle-Can ;Lieuts Jones an! Cooper, af the military force it Canada, and Messrs. Wiakor anid Watrren of the Royal service. Several otlier civil gentleren wenm ont itn thisship, who are intinded to set, onl theii arrival in Caummala, in the foriamation of vol ui.teer coirps. All time February packet shlips will come flreijitmed with Briish oflijers, Col. .oddere'l. Col. Shawe, Major (General T. Penrson, le. Gneral Clithic row, Lient. Col. Cox. 1iis1jaors Williams and Mcl'hail, and Captains Ie itttenburg mi S% 1:1m, Lient. Cha'rs Gs'lascoi ne, Patersoni Nit kle. and Lormig, a1 j. I Lend ai Capt. Crea--h. Homretof the Usrds will elmiark for Qmme. time liast wee'a'k ot' Feirtutry,-a most periliis voya-;i'ge- for tlit port it iamt sa.slonm: Tl I ltSuho 1id In faitry have cot. mmoncnaed hevmy aarebing duty in the vicini ty of Liamdon to bie ready ftr serion, bitsi ness in Canada. All ilie wives of tie sol diers are to be kept at liomie. The light rengnimitts seit to Canadha, and for emihar caiion, viz. lime 43d, 71st, and 85th. are to he clot lied in grey-a cloth very mineh the color ofa bark of a tree. Tilis is a very proper change., says a I.oidiont paper, as the'r Wil be mntteh blsh-fig lIa n, and our red coats n ill not lie so good :1an object for tie Anericn rl Canadian riflemin. ANsO-HRtt AL.Anl or FIRu- A-r -rT.: ROT \I. -nss-:.--liIeteth th ours oftwo d ;1t the -llk yesterday afiterntcooni, in l.irn, s rai bhrm-l empOwioed im I mhrt the ruius c th Hox.l Xc iissre tai-it tha dne hmi nati i::dh agsainm stoni it-ei'! it' a it ----~:a 1-' arm~t' tl i~itsi iimmg i--, r r b.,- tihea l trner of the bptini ny Ii w'c ht : -.:ns 'a vat' i a ieb etam ii a I i :' i ' :5-hi:o . h-at, a .., ima Cs e4 p *A I it s r i : in';ssr'. it stheru is im. fi toinii atl- ''4aw ii 101111#r1mny l dohilut. h:: tiie'e tim ortamt aoeam' aimen t. in C'aflmtliiem w tit ' o iher propertyt, wil be complt iv ti' stroved. I .'Ire iave been reports current for some dasys pat tiat several Polish amd other ofi. 'ers had la-i in London a n d41 Liverpool pack t-ta for New York, n it : he v r f lit,,. the rebeis ini Law'-rmm 'a saA il-it aint j 1,' ;in! stra had abt bn4 rn .! t. same dt-:iin m 'it imptiries. 't ''a t -,, it a i n;';. they 0 a t ,,ni . . qi-. L asmdona hin'- maf par'.1t ha. im[nri', . E1,-h n si! 1e:m~ iv m in ri hr tiday ors tao-rm,..-. , iii or !2 lii'i-m 0;!'-'-- i'r t '.ss:m:.a i' emplot'i'u t' m' t la..miz g the mi' ikim a teda mmnt mee e trgmt .m ijel t' tti reta'ii asii i.5 ufit rsm'a r e~ pa''lroceed'ainmg Ii .om ismas t4- to N n. \'air] to :ail time IFrench't (a;ti:aw in tis r .Pos-rTsm nir-r- J;--: .1, I) ':rx !,' - - imemkat shsip . )'ar, sR ahi- -tam'. hla,:: :i o e -- firm iverpool whenttma;ce shei saih m oan Ib:. Is.t ofi lFebi. By :is arrivali time Ediitors of time Mer' 'mmnaiiml! ie Aetair, hat reli-tv ex tmive'rpoai Lotia's0y, .Jan. :u. sv in" ati'lt in tie iEngli,,hm 80t-e' 3msaket mi ':aturdaya.it -I. iai ref erenc tao (C'iniatian titt a'r', st'u'rns to lae giradutaly ri n 'ii ;m-a ioth-. fomr isoihmsa,,- cotim- to himadt m'm ism in atm 1 inai.tmsatier' mii repoart iof usa' r'eptl.,' a,' ia' l'riusmti lads at Nasvv i'.shmai, andA in- n' hoime r'f'ts onm v aiue raimtsr's ini tae I~. 'nm'a s'taN' I. 'e -is.ieverfdai!' vill 'i:' 'lit mntetr comp leta-y at ra--t. :s we(re' la-st msmarka-i sit ('a- --.hm ti-mitaa-y ma] the~ acemmj~t. --in-guert~ mm dayvri at;'s tim (-is pim ml. lairbani tmo 'antmis. ( 'smptamin lis'e ihm irlar-y (iaya, ofi tihe 5tha Baims-ar iii H-.ario zaysi: LIi,-uit. thels o nits iF-A-i ii-, V'jj irN, mof the ('mbi stre :nn' (srard--,- .1f I 'rd Iese; s i ( t. ('enrs-m ga mmi a-h aim.: hea ti' i t-hmsinst-d Aidis-s11.'( t.p a Te .hirney )m stametf-m ort Ba'i'e.l, i h a t'a'been t~ r !d i -a,,-. il m Itork iharbaor. 'wtith ith l' i's! lt'l o tahIi- . c'rmm t'ri. ibany ra'rt'. IFnotat -rnt EI: ti '- m:s ' n--.The Inlt#dingp~ F or, .s d..isandedI.-( I hir ial detiiamt i''..-gii am'n. 'a4 tat1 sandi Col. V thil, Weiiim thea for ama'of the ii' 2amd it.. ;and the lmt~a r oaf 11.e Mr. "ihtowa thmr at ot .n thie Noairth-m a - ':ve' bmeen abLsper-sed, aind ii';st tr'ialpaiity am'- been't reta'., I int tin rv- ireenaotr. (ien5. Wooatl warint s 'hasr tha- c'ttire' ftmamt imifer lbs N'-;mat ,.ml (''r,, a-inSt (:. ensung:, Le'-rei.t red' tat htim ;,t r2 ,,-gar 'i, I d. nm th; Ist tsmstntc near tihe (C'ewadas lim-, havt' onei ti :n.rthi of ;he' iv'ill sae oif Al 'arghm Sptrinsg-,, Vt., with sail 5iheir mc:mnnen marli iarmas, anamiaettt:m i tion. I'.ii' out's ti his Gemn. WV. hadmi taikn one pa'ri ,- rih.. ry. nrd ii:e lo:adl of .* i.:.'r nr-l for artillerv and musket . 1 r.. N. :Er 'arte ii erre inl ti enes11stosty 4f Gerr \\ a14, h1V whomI they would bie linrretaieried to ithea civil iatiorities. The B itisih iroops v ere within G or 8 mileR a.f the ilavading camip at the time 01 tihe s'-rend:ae'rr. The whole Fro'- tier, fri Ft A lban-; to W%:atertown, is entiraly tran piliv-d-.r'b ably not tl lie aai dist:!hed. Gen. Wool left St. Allb:os for Plattsbutrgh and Clamplain yesterday morning. BI"rALo, Marn h 2. Tie State Arm*. stolen from Col. Ran 'non's onliao-e in Clarnce on the night of tihe 22d tit., r-re reovered-at few days after ward in itncaster.-Com. A'dv. FnoaM Til: Fn' rI.t..-nother Patri itt flairc up.-On the 26th Feb. about 280 la iriot-. tear Sandusky, (thi, crossed over from tihe Peniisula oppo.ir. that place, -a.nl calpttired somgie hoes oi I'iaini land, (in tho Canndal sii. The distancie teaross the Lake on tile ice in this paert ii 19 milea. Aid an attack on the I- aand firot tihe British was mtomrentarily expueed. 1) e S~tit se 1r. l'J)G1,'IL.LD C. II. THURSDAY, MlARcH 22. 1838. Thle attenion of our citizet s is called ti tie Convention of Merchants which is it) asemble at Auigusa, onl the first M1onday in A pril. It is a subject of great iniporarter, and we trust ilat Edgefield District will prove its interest by tmoving strongly tihe natter. We are reisteim(d to call a iublic meeting or outr Citizens at tie C. iiouse, onl Friday the 23rd inst. at 9 o'clock, A. M. with the view of rappointring Delegates. "Urnirine" anti "Tycho" are received, but unavoida!ly postponed until our n<-xt. The rimor or tle death of (en. Scott, we hoipe. is a hoaix, as it has not rcceived confirnation. SAFETY OF THE STEAar PACKFT NWjw YORK.-The New York, Capt. Spinney, not long since on-her passage from New York to Charleston, encoutered :a scvero gale oil' Cape Ilatteras,;, :ttd was near be ing wrecked with the loss of all oan board. H1appily however no harm was dlone except soel injury to tie Boat, which will ie re p-:ired in a few days. Now, we have nothing to say against the .Sifits of tire Bon, tor would we be so tin reasonable .-as to dispute tire justice of the very higIh < neomiurms %% bic Iht Ole Passentgers linre passed uipon the Captain, for we now notig about either; bu. retninded of the mel.eancholy fate of the "Ilomte," and tie pulf upon puf, which sie received iuring the shrtt :,-.iod er her existence, and fu13lly sensib of theif great evils which haeve flowed firom tile systen of pufing, We Wonld venrture, as we have often donre -l'ire, fo n'rri Yamniojfrftg-int i t;-e are sorry indeed to see it. A good Boat need fear niothing, for it iill reeeivn tira ihtiic confdlrerae, w lentr it shall haveea-Ird it. We' et I lit lifIt e valle npon that charera r, 1ic. h1a1 w to I e bolstere! up hv r(rtif ',w hter it he arna:, n ta e ar;a for a l'a-en: tree. :de'rhavb:eg caed the rn: of ''the va-d il,'e'p" ta> lhis. Iri ('r tam r atnd this 'ai''n toe) when hr id'ee-r'r ( C"""b ht~et fenC(t .e. It all thev aorild wera' wourrld heir ir,'rre tie l~ihn;r noat tiata we woa.!ra a:r o he rlmre ity aof lhe ]';r .: rcee., hiat ilth:r rrm rally the an'vre tot pmrat tri.i a', andari Isr i ftcle 5('t- Ilt ien c - nat ra detrac o sfa. ,un the we nt of i air c' is thI elauppoie ay3f ir th etieg (f.2n C'iiren, to) tarl~e in1to conseidle rt arin the pro - prriety of appoinIIting llaegrresa to t he rl er ireas ('anventitona, art .-\ntae g.r srt'. it c'ttant hre ecesr'-:r ar a, .g ta~t * a cortrnmanrirty thre ;.:reat iaroprlatra-e aof thr~ -'randrl(trr connn(ieri eterpr'~tize, icha it i a Sthe ail~j:-at oft Iris t ('aonv:entionr to n'airomlin h. 'orehl we lay hra a our r eadrers; thIe v'( rv. aleA, d~reran of ih-- .\rgrtn 'arv(ea:'r tar thre l'e'aph-' a fl thre c 'uthle'r'r : at' I ' Wearn A esv, w isnoaw' t~rmr thea mroat irhe-ann;r~rti anorhl he ineaitedl tar wa. trm '.tr Vi:torr'a .ac'ion. \Ve ns il ha're' givea. am few's frats whrreh wea hatse adrrwn ftrm th~at elao. <per ;r'.l prari iotie ppr "i la 18e6, h, s' holei i-r-a'ra. af thre 1'. Stte noar.i 'a r ie remairnubee;'rrarogli.r, <d! : ' 'S I t t(.t.t. n hi!a tina": af rai tha .\thmrtie' m'ate'.. S.,tth of' tihe I'e't-amar, :arnd tha' St.rta.' .'r thre ( aintr ef 'Jaii.r, it rt''an:a'd tar ''nly: 2(q.r0g, tflt, aemrl those, of eru!h (': a'ie ar ra d arargina) airI g :nt'.e00. lhn an tire nte.car, tire a rtrarltia exporats af ahe L'trite ed States, amnrt eel tar n$ ?ryO00. Go tot wichel N. Y. ('Xrartedi aronly&I G ,,04., egaintst ant impr;orntof 118 mrillionae~s whilst the Saes Soth anicd Southl \ est arf tihe Poatoae,a erxportedl $78,00p,. 000, agatinst ran imrpaort orf otnly $20,000,. 4000, anda Scoth alrolt'rina anrd Georgia, eaich havrinrg ra acomrercinr a' r aport, wsith iira cf hrarbra aon tihe At': rt'e, aexaaa-rid : 21.(co.. (000, argdustt ant itmpfort of ors ig~e Theira a rrrasts hre' a'x hi.teda, arre rara: nad it.:; :rad, it ;s aI: liaed, that i tev mre'" nth a'ut at prrarll in d e b'aory art i ra!aerrrudett "trat'". -Un aYo'rk imreda 'i r timesg. thre - amtm~trt af he r exj 'e'rts, n iie th.e 8rnrthenrr